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CONCEALED CARRY ON
COLLEGE CAMPUSES

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Legislators consider pros, cons of

ALLOWING

concealed carry at Ohio universities
RYAN HOFFMAN NEWS EDITOR

After University of Cincinnati student
Trent Amstutz was assaulted by a group of
teenagers on the southwest edge of main
campus in February, he wondered how the
incident would have played out had he been
able to legally carry a ﬁrearm on campus.
Under Ohio law, Amstutz, a ﬁfth-year
engineering student and licensed concealed
carry holder, and other concealed carry
licensees are not permitted to carry on
certain public property including university
buildings and campuses.
However, several bills at the state house
could change the law to allow concealed
carry on college campuses and other
prohibited sites. The polarizing topic
is drawing mixed responses from law
enforcement oﬃcials, students, administrators
and advocates on both sides of the issue.
“These [current] laws restrict the good
guys,” said Ohio House Rep. John Becker, (R
– Clermont). “I’m trying to put the good guys
on equal footing with the bad guys so nobody
has to be a victim or at least you’ll have the
opportunity to shoot back. It’s about leveling
the playing ﬁeld.”
Becker, whose district includes UC’s
Clermont campus, has sponsored three
diﬀerent bills and cosponsored another bill
that would eliminate restricted zones where
concealed carry is not permitted.
One of Becker’s bills, house bill 403, would
generally allow concealed carry on public
property and in publicly owned secure
buildings.
The freshman legislator said the issue is all
about ensuring the constitutional right to
protect oneself.
“The idea of a lot of these gun bills,
including [HB 403], is to chip away at those
restrictions and restore gun rights in the
name of safety,” Becker said.
But local law enforcement oﬃcials aren’t

certain that allowing concealed carry at UC
would reduce the number of crimes.
Since most of the crimes that victimize
students are happening oﬀ campus where
concealed carry licensees can already carry,
it’s unlikely that allowing concealed carry on
campus would reduce crime, said Capt. Paul
Neudigate, Cincinnati Police Department
District Five commander. Of the 39 robberies
in which a student was a victim in 2013, four
happened on campus, according to data
compiled by the university.
Also, roughly 60 percent of those students
who are victimized are under the inﬂuence
of alcohol, which disqualiﬁes a licensee from
being able to carry at that time, Neudigate
said.
“I don’t want to say it doesn’t deserve
further merit and looking into, but the facts
are, in 98 percent of the cases it wouldn’t
have made a diﬀerence in any of the student
victimization that we have,” Neudigate said.
Allowing concealed carry would likely
impact police oﬃcers and their ability to
respond to a crime, said Jeﬀ Corcoran,
interim UC police chief.
“From a police oﬃcer’s perspective, the
biggest worry with CCW permit holders is
how do we tell them apart from the bad
guys?” Corcoran said in an email. “In a highstress situation it is very easy to turn toward
a police oﬃcer giving you commands with
a gun still in your hand, which is a recipe for
disaster. We teach oﬃcers that if they are
in plain clothes or oﬀ-duty, the uniformed
oﬃcer is always ‘right.’ They need to follow
their commands, and avoid looking like a
threat to the uniformed oﬃcer.”
Both Neudigate and Corcoran said the vast
majority of concealed carry licensees are
law abiding citizens and Neudigate added
that he didn’t think allowing concealed carry
would make police oﬃcers’ jobs “any more
dangerous than they already are.”
But ﬁrearm advocates are, at the very least,

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SHEILA USTASE CONTRIBUTOR

The third annual “Kickin’ It With Chi O” kickball tournament is Chi Omega’s main philanthropic event of the year. Participants from 19 different Greek organizations competed on teams, which donated money to the Make-A-Wish foundation.

A kickball tournament held in the Campus Recreation
Center Saturday was much more than a competition
between members of the Greek community.
“Kickin’ It With Chi O,” hosted by University of
Cincinnati fraternity Chi Omega, was a philanthropic
event aiming to raise money for the Make-A-Wish
foundation, which grants wishes to children with lifethreatening illnesses across the United States. A single
wish can cost between $8,000 and $9,000, said Katie
Buescher, Chi Omega community service director and
third-year marketing student.
The tournament has served as Chi Omega’s primary
philanthropic fundraiser for the third consecutive year.
“This event is important to myself and Chi Omega
because it really helps to raise awareness and funds for
Make-A-Wish,” Buescher said. “It also allows us to come
together as a Greek community to raise money while
having fun together.”
Students from 19 different Greek organizations
filled the recreation center courts. Participants made
up several individual teams and each team donated
participation fees to Make-A-Wish. Members of Chi
Omega coached and refereed the tournament.
The environment created a fun and competitive
atmosphere. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Sigma Phi
and Pi Kappa Alpha were some of the many Greek

organizations in attendance, with Pi Kappa Alpha
taking home the tournament’s top prize: $100 of
the money raised would be donated to their own
philanthropy, Buescher said.
Chi Omega started the tournament in 2012 in an effort
to increase participation and socialization. Before
“Kickin’ It With Chi O” was established, the fraternity
hosted a wing-eating competition to raise money for

their philanthropy.
“My freshman year, we moved ‘Kickin’ It’ to make
it more of a day event where everyone could mingle
and have a friendly kickball competition,” said Allison
Stepaniak, Chi Omega secretary and third-year
marketing and international student. “It is our hope to
grant a wish soon for a child with a life-threatening
illness.”

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Members of fraternity Chi Omega cheered on teams as they faced off in the Rec Center Saturday afternoon.

Black women shared what being black and beautiful
meant to them Friday, telling stories through dance,
spoken word and poems as part of Women’s History
Month at the University of Cincinnati.
The fourth annual “Black Women Revealed Showcase,”
hosted by the African American Cultural and Resource
Center and Sisters Impacting Sisters, revolved around
the theme, “My Black is Beautiful.”
Participants illustrated personal interpretations of the
theme through 12 performances throughout the evening.
Preparation for the event took approximately a month
and a half, said Tamar Kinebrew, AACRC program
coordinator.
“It’s always nice hearing other stories from black
women, and it’s really uplifting for me being a
black woman,” said Tiffany Moody, a second-year
communications sciences and disorders student. “I get
inspired by them every year.”
Partrice Barnes, Ethnic Programs and Services
program coordinator, initiated the event after her first
year of working at the university.
Barnes has pursued a lifelong passion for inspiring
and empowering women, earning her bachelors in
women’s gender and sexuality studies from UC in 2011.

“Women have always been a passion of mine, and
uplifting women, especially women of color,” Barnes
said.
As a student, Barnes felt there was a need for
supportive mechanisms for women, including resources
and events.
The goal of the “Black Women Revealed Showcase” is
to give women confidence and the opportunity to voice
who they are as black women, Barnes said.

“It’s always nice hearing other stories
from black women, and it’s really
uplifting for me being a black woman. I
get inspired by them every year.”
- Tiffany Moody, second-year communications sciences and disorders student

“A lot of times as black women, there are a lot of
misconceptions about who they are, and a lot of times
we don’t get to speak up for ourselves and be proud of
who we are,” she said.
Barnes participated in the event by reciting Maya
Angelou’s poem “Phenomenal Woman.”
“That Maya Angelou piece for me represents all pride

in being a woman; not just being a black woman, but
being alive and saying that I matter,” Barnes said. “I may
not look like what society says beauty is, but because I
am me, that is worth something.”
Another piece that was performed at the program was
an abridged version of a piece originally performed
by teenage slam poets Team Lightskinned. The
performance examined conflict created by various skin
pigmentation within the black community.
For Sierra Carter, first-year health sciences student,
and Lindsay Scribner, first-year political science
student, reciting this spoken word meant delving in to
their own lives.
“It’s a very surreal experience being able to kind
of live on one side of the race line and still see how
people treat other people darker than you, and then see
how you’re treated once people find out you’re of an
ethnicity they didn’t originally assume,” Carter said.
Scribner said there is not only white privilege in
society, but also light skin privilege within the black
community.
“People just see it as black and white a lot of the times,
and they don’t take color into consideration,” Scribner
said.
Carter believes “colorism” is hurtful to the black
community, but the feelings are valid.
“During slavery, the lighter-skinned you were, the
closer you were to the house,” Carter said.
Carter and Scribner hope after their recitation of the
spoken word, people will take “colorism” more seriously.

Meatball Kitchen comes to Short Vine, spices up classic
dish as well as other local favorites
SARAH MULLINS STAFF REPORTER

Channeling the ambience of an eclectic New York
eatery, a Short Vine restaurant offers its diners an
appealing, cozy atmosphere and whips up extensive
variations on a popular culinary cuisine: meatballs.
Despite its carnivorous name, Meatball Kitchen serves
dishes that appease both meat lovers and vegetarians.
Four variations of meatballs are offered: beef, spicy
pork, turkey and vegetarian. The meatless balls are
comprised of black beans, brown rice, mushrooms,
walnuts and parmesan.
A bar at the back of the restaurant serves as an
ordering station. After choosing the type of meatballs,
diners can add them to a sandwich, pasta or salad.
Meat, tomato or béchamel sauces can be added for
flavor.
I chose vegetarian meatballs on a sandwich with

tomato sauce and provolone cheese. Meatball Kitchen
also offers multiple side items. I chose the seasonal
roasted vegetable, sesame broccoli.
The restaurant itself, complete with slated tables,
modern metal chairs and a bar, creates the illusion of
high dining. Glass pendant lights set a casual mood.
When my sandwich arrived at the table, its
presentation was appealing, served on fresh-baked
focaccia, a slice of provolone cheese and a generous
dollop of tomato sauce.
The freshness of the salt-speckled focaccia pulled
together the flavorful meatballs, tantalizing my taste
buds from the first bite.
Tangy tomato sauce complimented the stringy slice
of provolone cheese. The sandwich was filling and the
sesame broccoli accented the meal. The sesame flavor
added a sweet and salty taste to the bland vegetable.
Meatball Kitchen offers a variety of other dishes
with their meatballs, including tacos, chili conies and
burgers. Happy hour specials, which offer non-alcoholic
choices too, include JELL-O shots and house wines.

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skeptical of Neudigate’s and Corcoran’s claims, as well
as other explanations typically made by law enforcement
officials.
“If you don’t accept the assertion that crime goes down
when people are legally able to carry then I would ask the
question ‘why do you think crime is as high as it is around
UC when you’re not able to carry?’” said Jeffry Smith, a
UC alumnus and firearm instructor and advocate.
Smith, who is planning a firearm-education event for
April 12 on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, said even
if most of the crime occurs off campus, by prohibiting
concealed carry on campus, the law prohibits anyone who
might have to cross or step on campus from being able to
legally carry.
He said he doubts police have data extensive enough to
show how many victims were walking to or from campus.
Therefore, it is unclear how large an impact prohibiting
concealed carry on campus is having, he said.
“I guess one would have to engage in a real analysis in
all these crimes and where they’re happening,” Smith said.
Amstutz, the student who was attacked in February,
said by simply allowing concealed carry on campus
most criminals would likely think twice about robbing or
assaulting a student.
“I don’t know specifically what would have happened
differently with my experience but the biggest thing
that happens is you don’t get attacked in the first place,”
Amstutz said. “The moment the criminals know that
you could potentially be armed, they stop attacking. It’s
a deterrent. My situation would have been completely
different if I had had a gun on me.”
Opponents argue that the make-up of a university
possesses too many risk factors — including alcohol abuse
and high rates of suicide — to warrant concealed carry.
“It’s something that the vast majority of college
presidents and chancellors are all against,” said Andy
Pelosi, director of the Campaign to Keep Guns off
Campus. “I do understand there are some folks that want
it, but we think there’s just too many risk factors at play
here.”
While many universities deal with safety concerns,
introducing concealed carry is not the solution, Pelosi said.
“If there’s a concern, and I can see it’s a legitimate
concern, about safety, then the schools should be looking
at ways to improve safety on campus, as opposed to
allowing students or faculty to carry,” Pelosi said.
UC has not taken a formal stance on Becker’s bill or the
other bill that the university is keeping a distant eye on.
Neither of the bills has made it out of its designated house
committee.
“We’ve not taken up a position on any of the bills,”
said Margie Rolf, associate vice president of government
relations, who tracks legislation in Columbus that could
have a possible impact on the university. “We’re simply
monitoring them at this stage of the game until we get a
signal that they are going to move.”
An increasing national, local issue
All 50 states have concealed carry laws in one form or
another. Ohio allows residents who have lived in the state
for at least 45 days and are at least 21 years old to apply
for a concealed carry license. An applicant must meet
certain standards and complete a minimum of 12 hours of
training with a certified instructor. Applicants found guilty
of certain criminal offenses or who have a documented
history of mental health issues are not eligible for
concealed carry.
Currently, concealed carry licensees must renew their
licenses every five years.
According to the National Conference of State
Legislators, a bipartisan organization that tracks state
legislation, Ohio is one of 21 states that specifically ban
concealed carry on college campuses, while 22 states leave
the decision up to each individual university. Currently,
seven states have statutes requiring universities to allow
concealed carry on campus.
Efforts to expand or restrict concealed carry on college
campuses drastically increased across the country in 2007
after a mass shooting at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University claimed 33 lives, according to the NCSL.
“This is one of those issues that over the last couple of
years is becoming more and more popular,” said Suzanne
Hultin, a policy specialist at the NCSL. “We’re seeing a lot
more bills come up and it’s not just college campuses but
also K-12 schools and just in general.”
In 2008, 14 states proposed legislation to expand
concealed carry in some capacity on college campuses,
and two states considered legislation to prohibit concealed
carry on campuses. None of those bills passed.
The number of states that proposed legislation to
expand concealed carry increased in 2011 to 18, while the
number of states considering prohibiting concealed carry
remained unchanged at two.
Of the 19 states that considered allowing concealed
carry on campuses in 2013, two of the states passed
legislation.
Kansas passed a bill creating a provision to keep public
institutions from prohibiting concealed carry unless a
building has “adequate security measures.”The bill allows
institutions to request a four-year exemption from the
requirement. Arkansas passed legislation allowing faculty
to carry concealed on campus; however, the bill allows
individual institutions’ governing boards to disallow
concealed carry if they so choose.
None of the five states that considered prohibiting
concealed carry on college campuses in 2013 passed the

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legislation.
In Ohio, the previous three general assemblies have
proposed legislation removing restricted areas for
concealed carry. None of those bills made it out of the
committee it was assigned.
“I definitely am noticing an uptick in the number of bills
dealing with concealed carry,” UC’s Rolf said. “I would
say that most of the bills would have an impact on UC’s
campus simply because we are a public institution and
most of the bills deal with public facilities.”
The two current bills are both still in committee.
Becker’s bill hasn’t had its first hearing yet, and he’s not
sure when it will have its mandatory first hearing. He
said his bill likely would not make it out of the house.
All the bills not passed expire at the end of the general
assembly’s term, in this case Dec. 31.
However, another bill proposed by Rep. Ron Maag
(R-Lebanon) could very likely make it out of the house
and head to the Ohio Senate, where it would need to be
approved as is before Ohio Gov. John Kasich could sign it
into law.

Maag’s bill had its third committee hearing in midJanuary. The committee hasn’t scheduled a fourth hearing
yet, according to his office. Maag is out of town visiting an
ill relative and couldn’t be reached for comment.
But Becker said Maag’s bill is receiving a lot of support
from gun lobbies.
“If the Johnson bill and the Maag bill are the only two to
get signed into law that’s good progress,” Becker said. “I’ll
take that and then you know in the next general assembly
we’ll work on some more.”
Even if none of the bills pass, they could be
reintroduced in the same exact state in the next general
assembly, Rolf said, while noting that there are still eight
months left in this general assembly and more bills could
still be introduced.
The one thing both sides agree on is that the issue is not
going away anytime soon.
“When we do have victories they’re temporary,” Pelosi
said. “Because we know the issue is going to come up
again.”

To burn the couch or
not to burn the couch:
That is the question.
Whether ‘tis nobler
in the mind to suffer
the rubber bullets and
tear gas of outrageous revolt or to take
arms against the sea of riot police, and
by opposing them? To riot: to celebrate
no more; and by a riot to say we end
the heartache and the thousand tear
gas canisters that flesh is heir to, ‘tis a
consummation devoutly to be wish’d. To
rejoice, to revolt, to riot …
Did I just defile the brilliance of the
late, great William Shakespeare to
stretch a reference about drunken college
students rioting across the country?
Yes. Yes, I did. Why? Because college
students have all gone mad, mad with The
Madness.
As of Saturday night, it’s become
ultra-violently clear that we as college
students have lost all sense of when it’s
appropriate to A: Storm the court, and B:
Riot after a game.
I feared this would happen. The lines
blurred hazier and hazier throughout this
season, with victories of lesser and lesser
significance prompting court storming of
an alarming frequency and scope. I feared
that, as any victory over a rival or any
unranked team beating a ranked team
was celebrated with uncalled-for angst
and gusto, a late-season loss could very
well lead to barrages of tear gas shot from
assault rifles by men with helmets and
shields, riding horses and touting night
sticks.
Saturday night at the University of
Arizona, that fear became all too real.
As chronicled brilliantly by a few of our
brave student-newspaper brethren at
The Daily Wildcat, well, things escalated
quickly, didn’t they?
“Students protesting against TPD
Presence.”
“Police fire tear gas at crowds.”
“Students have been shot with bean bag
rounds.”
“Students throw Sparklers at police.”
“Officers beating a crowd member.”
“Students throwing up due to tear gas.”
“Daily Student reporter shot by
beanbag round.”
“Students shout ‘Don’t fall back’ as
police approach.”
“Crowd Members yelling ‘They can’t
take us all.’”
Then an all-out-Twitter-induced panic:
“Dozens of fans shot by riot officers.” Oh
God. Oh no. Kent State all over again …
“CLARIFICATION: Dozens of students
shot with beanbags. Apologies for
Confusion.” Good Lord, Daily Wildcat that
was a hell of a time for a Freudian slip.
Things finally tapered off after the
police did indeed start “taking them
all.” When all was said and done and
the tear-gas haze finally lifted, at least
nine individuals were arrested, and the
better part of the several hundred that
assembled were beaten, tear gassed or
bean bagged into submission. Thank God
no one was killed, which briefly seemed
possible after the mis-tweet.
What it comes down to is pretty simple;
don’t start shit with the police. Why was
Arizona rioting in the first place? Out of
anger because their team was only one of
the eight best in the country and not one
of the four best? Dammit, the agony.
Based on the reporting, this was not
a situation in which the Tucson Police
came in, guns blazing to break up a
college party. Arizona students assembled
across from police that were in place as a
precaution, according to reports from The
Daily Wildcat. They made the conscious
— alright, probably semi-conscious
— decision to invoke the debacle that
followed.
Now, let me be clear, I’m not anti-riot.
As a matter of fact, I’m pro-riot. If and
only if it’s a joyous riot, which is really
more just drinking and falling down in the
street than it is actually rioting. But there
have to be simple guidelines to college
athletics rioting:
1. Thou shalt not riot out of anger, only
joy. Angry riots are only appropriate in
times of government repression (i.e. the
Boston Tea Party, Civil Rights, the City of
Cincinnati trying to extend parking meter
hours near campus, etc.).
2. Thou shalt not damage thy neighbor’s
car.
3. Thou shalt not burn a couch if said
couch is on thy neighbor’s porch.
4. Thou shalt not flip thy neighbor’s van,
unless thy neighbor’s van is a TV news
van. Thou shall always, always, always
flip TV news vans.
5. Thou shalt not ruin the festivities
for everyone else by throwing anything
— beer bottles, beer cans, bottle rockets,
smoke bombs, sparklers, lawn furniture,
lawn gnomes, lawn darts, traffic cones,
female undergarments, etc. — at police.
Students at the University of Dayton
did it pretty much right Thursday night,
for a while anyway. There were people
everywhere, every last one of them
drunk and exuberant as can be. It was
beautifully collegiate, and yes, a few
couches were burned, but if something
has to be burned, an outdoor couch that
almost assuredly had bed bugs isn’t the
worst place to start.
Eventually, a few individuals —
probably of the Y chromosome, higher
testosterone variety — ruined it for
everyone by (see rule five) throwing
things at the police and they were gassed
and arrested much like the Arizonans.
But, for the most part, the kids at UD were
having themselves a damn good time. I
envy them.
Keep it classy. Keep it happy. Riot on,
dude.

UC lacrosse drops second game in row
after sloppy first half
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The University of Cincinnati lacrosse
team couldn’t overcome a dismal
first half Saturday, falling 10-5 to the
University of Oregon Ducks after
trailing 9-2 heading into the second half.
UC’s leading scorer Courtney Curtis
got things started off on the right foot

for the Bearcats, scoring two goals in
the first 10 minutes of the game.
“I think we were feeling a little pissed
off about our game on Friday so we
came out upset and wanted to compete
in this game,” said UC head coach Gina
Oliver. “We definitely ruffled some
feathers in the first couple of minutes.”
Unfortunately for UC, not much else
went right from that point on.
The Ducks used a seven-goal outburst
over the final 10 minutes and 37 seconds
of the first half to build a 9-2 lead at the

break. Oregon held a 21-10 advantage in
shots at the half and a 7-3 edge in draw
controls in the opening frame.
UC played a near-perfect second half
defensively but they could only muster
three goals, not nearly enough to make
up the seven-goal deficit they’d been dug
into in the first half.
“The second half, we made some
adjustments,” Oliver said. “Offensively
we were a little scared of their pressure
going in and we attacked them a little
bit better, but didn’t get the shots off
that we wanted.”
For the game, Oregon out shot UC
38-17. The Ducks held a slight edge in
ground balls, 29-28, and turnovers with
the Bearcats committing 21 to Oregon’s
19.
Curtis led UC with three goals, while
Ashley Helmrath and Taylor Young each
contributed one. Helmrath and Dani
Tunnel both registered assists, and
goalkeeper Meg Gulmi made 14 saves.
UC will look to rebound with its first
American Athletic Conference victory
of the season against the University
of Louisville Sunday. The game is
scheduled to start at 2 p.m. at Gettler
Stadium.
“Louisville is a great team, they’re
coming off a big win this past weekend,”
Oliver said. “We’re just really focusing
on ourselves. The more we focus on
the opponent the more we take steps
backwards. We’ve got to keep working
on the shots we need to get in the
games.”

Despite a walk-off victory in game
one of the doubleheader Sunday, the
University of Cincinnati baseball team
fell 2-1 in a weekend series against the
University of South Florida Bulls.
Both losses, 2-1 Friday and 7-6 in
game two of Sunday’s doubleheader,
came after a slew of blown
opportunities.
“We’re not losing baseball games,
we’re giving games away,” said UC head
coach Ty Neal. “There’s a lot of stuff that
went on today in the second game that
we just handed it to them. We put too
much pressure on ourselves to battle
back and try and win it in the ninth.
To me, we should have had the lead the
whole game.”
Senior Justin Glass, who secured UC’s only
victory of the series with a walk-off single,
said the victory should have been secured
from the first few innings of the game.
“It was nice to win the walk-off, but we
lost two one-run games,” Glass said. “Both
of those games we fought back in the later
part of the innings but it makes you wish
that for whatever reason we could have
done something earlier in the game.”
Friday’s 2-1 loss featured a pitching
gem by RHP Connor Walsh (3.45 ERA),
who threw his first career complete
game. The redshirt sophomore gave up
two runs on four hits and struck out
four. Walsh threw 132 pitches and faced
career-high 35 batters.
The two runs of the game were

courtesy of a throwing error by
senior Ryan Quinn. The infielder later
redeemed himself in Sunday’s first
game, going 2-3 with two runs.
The Bearcats collected four hits
Friday, two from senior Matt Williams
and two from sophomore Woody
Wallace.
Wallace, who has only appeared in
17 games and started in nine, has been
struggling offensively so far with a .138
average and .207 slugging percentage.
By contrast, sophomore catcher Russell
Clark has played in 18 and has started
15 with an average of .281 and slugging
percentage of .368.
The first game of Sunday’s doubleheader brought a 3-2 win for the
Bearcats. Glass went to the plate with
the bases loaded, and drilled a line drive
to right field that just missed the second
baseman’s glove. Ryan Quinn scored
easily from third, giving Glass the RBI
walk-off single.
“You always have to be confident
no matter what the situation is when
you’re hitting,” Glass said. “It’s more
mental than physical. I wouldn’t say
I was confident that I was going to
get the game-winning hit, but I was
confident enough that I was going to hit
the ball hard enough to hopefully make
something happen. It worked out.”
UC’s go-to pitcher Bryan Chenoweth
threw 3.0 innings and gave up two runs
on five hits. Ryan Atkinson entered to
pitch in relief, throwing 4.0 innings and
only giving up two hits.
The Bearcats collected a total of six
hits, with Quinn Glass each notching
two. Senior Matt Williams, freshman

Connor McVey and Glass each gained
an RBI.
Game two brought a loss for UC as
they fell 7-6. Left-handed pitcher Colton
Cleary pitched 3.2 of innings in the
game, giving up six hits and four runs
and striking out three. Mitch Patishall,
RHP, entered in the fourth to pitch in
relief, giving up five hits and three runs
and striking out five.
The Bulls scored a total of seven runs
and collected 11 hits, with the Bearcats
gaining five runs and 10 hits. Ian Happ,
who went 3-4, collected one RBI, two
doubles, three hits, one walk and scored
two runs.
“I just couldn’t pull the last one out,”
Happ said. “It was a little bit frustrating.”
UC wasted no time getting on board
in game two with an RBI double by
Happ, a sophomore. USF came back full
force in the top of the third, driving in
three runs on an RBI triple by Austin
Lueck. UC responded in the second half
of the inning, while Happ collected his
second double of the game and Seeger
collecting his first career RBI and
second career hit.
Heading into the eighth with a fiverun deficit, UC pushed back against
USF, scoring four runs and loading the
bases twice. However, multiple pitching
changes for USF proved to be the
downfall for UC, as they failed to gain
more offensive momentum in the ninth.
“Our approach got better as the game
went on,” Happ said. “We had a really
good eighth inning, but we need to be
doing that every inning.”
The Bearcats (9-16) will play Miami
University at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The University of Cincinnati women’s
and men’s track and field teams fought
through the rain Saturday to dominate
the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational,
sweeping the team titles and finishing in
first place 13 times.
The women’s team totaled 219 points
while the men’s team picked up 150.50
points. Both teams won comfortably
with Marquette University’s women’s
team finishing with 141 points for
second and Miami University’s (Ohio)’s
men’s team tallying 103 points, finishing
second.
Cameron Gardner and Liz Carr
finished day two of the heptathlon
earning first and second places
respectively. Gardner earned 4,156
points and produced a personal best in
the javelin. Carr finished with a careerbest point total with 4,146 points and
earned personal-bests in the long jump
and javelin.
Gardner, along with Olivia Lopes,
Shanice Smith and Morgan Gordon,
also secured first-place finishes for the
women’s 4x100-meter relay.
The Bearcats also took home first
and second in the women’s 4x400 meter
relay. Jalisa Jarrett, Kelsey Mueller,
Taylor Hill and Kaele Lightfoot finished
first with Lopes, Alexis Anton, Laurel
Cooney and Erin Milner finishing
almost exactly seven seconds behind.
Kenya Woodall took home first-place
finishes in both the women’s 100-meter
dash and 200-meter dash, finishing
with three Bearcats right behind her in
both events. The sophomore managed
to add herself to the ranks as ninth in
UC history with a personal-best time of
12.13 seconds in the 100-meter.
Gabby Calderone (1:04.35) and Milner
(1:05.61) finished as the top two in
the women’s 400-meter hurdles while
Javette Lee (15.38) and Kaitlyn Good

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Competitors on the men’s 5k run at the Oliver-Nickoloff Invitational on a rain-soaked track at Gettler Stadium. The
University of Cincinnati took first place in both the men’s and women’s meets.

(16.00) took second and third in the
100-meter hurdles.
UC finished strong in field events.
Erika Hurd won the high jump (1.68
meters) and Alyssa McBride won the
pole vault (4.05m). Mekayla finished
second in the shot put (14.16m). Mary
Bridges (48.23m) and Jessica Molyet
(46.35m) finished second and third in
the women’s discus throw while Monica
Phillips (48.95m) took third in the
hammer throw.
The men’s 100-meter and 200-meter
dashes belonged to Nick Kowalski,
claiming personal-best times in both
events: 10.99 in the 100m and 21.90 in
the 200m. Bearcat Nathan Jones took
third in the 100-meter and Darnell
Gilbert took third in the 200-meter.
Ethan Bokeno ran a 1:56.64 800-meter,
coming within tenths of a second from
his career-best time.
Josh Dangel broke his Gettler
Stadium record in the pole vault with

a 17-foot-7-inch clearance, beating the
previous record he set last spring.
The new discus school record holder,
Macklin Tudor, won the discus and shot
put events Saturday.
The Bearcats now prepare to head
to the University of South Florida to
compete at the USF Dual Friday.

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5 / ARTS
‘Awake’ transforms music into living dreams

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Tycho creates album that defines electronica while
pushing genre where it has never been before
JEREMY SIMMONS STAFF REPORTER

In his 12-year career as an electronic artist, Tycho has
created evocative, eclectic music that begs for an exquisite
set of headphones.
“Awake” is Tycho’s fifth release and his most cohesive
and achingly beautiful effort to date. Guitars, electric bass
and drums combine with synthesizers and unapologetic
digital effects to create a blissful atmosphere. Part of
Tycho’s genius is creating music that can’t be pigeonholed
into a particular genre, or even an era. It’s not trendy or
hip, it’s just damn good.
There are sound textures in this collection of tracks that
echo film score composer Vangelis’ early works of the
’70s as well as contemporary electronic artists like M83
or Ulrich Schnauss. The title track starts the album and
sets the tone, letting the listener know that although this
is electronica or ‘ambient’ music, “Awake” isn’t 40 minutes
of drowsy tunes intended for meditation. Nearly every
track is beat-driven and most are more than 90 beats per

minute, which seems to be the status quo for electronica,
and key to its growing popularity.
Swooping in after the first song, “Montana” is reminiscent
of the English shoegaze skiffle-shimmer genre of the ’90s,
but carries a sonic sheen all on its own. The track slips
seamlessly between choruses built from synthesizer pads
and lush echoplexes, with suspended beats that anticipate
the return of its full drum riff and bass line.
The last few tracks slow down after the majority of
songs relied on fast tempo. “Apogee” is an aural treat with
constant repetition while other instruments and harmonic
layers pile on, creating a haunting sound. The final track,
“Plains,” is worth waiting for. At first, acoustic and electric
guitars entwine in a duet with light reverb. The song twists
and changes itself as certain instruments and melody lines
dissolve while others take their place. By the end of the
song, you realize that you’ve been given an atonal reprise
of “Awake,” until digital fuzz claims the last faded threads
of music. If you’ve never listened to Tycho, then “Awake” is
an ideal opportunity. If you have, then you know what to
expect: this is music for people who love music, not just a
ditty to sing along to, but harmonic beauty to experience
on an immersive level. This is the music of dreams, of
motion that’s capable of suspending time and reaching
emotions deep enough that you never quite forget it.

Cincinnati-native band The National hit a high point of
fame in 2010 with the release of “High Violet,” their most
commercially successful album up to that point. While
the band had been making music since 2001 with the
release of its self-titled album, the later released “High
Violet” marked a turning point, having been consistently
popular among critics and devout followers. Following
the release, The National toured extensively throughout
the U.S., Europe and Australia, documented along the
way by Tom Berninger, lead singer Matt Berninger’s
brother. As a band that has two sets of brothers to start
with, the addition of Tom Berninger seemed fitting and
natural. As “Mistaken for Strangers” begins, we learn
that Tom Berninger has made a relatively simple and
easygoing life compared to Matt Berninger, who has
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of indie-rock. Tom Berninger spends his time making
homemade horror and slasher films, but it’s clear he
has a distinct type of creativity that differs from his
brother’s style.
In an effort to spend more time with his brother,
Matt Berninger invites him to join the tour as a roadie
and crewmember. Tom Berninger suggests filming a
documentary of the band’s tour, and the final product is
an untraditional yet entertaining and intimate look at
the relationship between two disparate brothers.
“Mistaken For Strangers” is a documentary about the
process of making a documentary of a band on tour.
But more than that, it is a documentary that focuses
on the dynamics of an emotional relationship between
two highly creative individuals, only one is in the
limelight and the other is not. “Mistaken for Strangers”
is refreshing in how different it is from the highly
calculated and streamlined music documentaries of
today. In a live Q&A via Skype following a screening at
the Esquire Theatre, Matt Berninger said it is probably
one of the most authentic and truthful portraits of The
National and its members to ever be presented.

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The narrative has no need for plot arcs or devices
because the narrative is of family, complex relationships
and pivotal points of people’s lives.
In the Q&A, Tom Berninger admitted it was “hard and
weird to edit yourself,” but in the end he wanted to make
a film that was above all comedic, heartfelt and genuine.
“The movie ended when I finally figured out what
the movie was about,” he said. “And at the very end
of it the movie is kind of this audience-participation
movie, because you guys are the last puzzle piece to
completing my movie, and because you sat down and
watched it.”
If you’re looking for a traditional biopic of a band’s
experiences while on the stressful road of touring, look
elsewhere. Tom Berninger’s documentary is among the
funniest films ever to be made because you simply have
no idea what the documentary is about while watching
it. That is the genius behind it.
“Mistaken for Strangers” is a story within a story, a
film about filming a film, yet that is the very reason
the documentary is so hard-hitting and emotionally
gratifying.

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